"The way to have good soldiers is to treat them rightly...A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major general."

President Abraham Lincoln

"I can think of no more fitting expression of this country's appreciation for the sacrifices of our young servicemen than to grant them the same rights they are defending."

Senator Sam J. Ervin

Tuesday, May 4, 2004

JAG Hunter bullet: To Senator Hagel, YES! There is and has been a very serious problem with military commanders...and had Congressmen like you been paying closer attention (think oversight), well this whole travesty might just have been avoided.

"There is a bigger issue here,'' Hagel said today on NBC's Today. "Was there an environment, a culture that not only condoned this, but encouraged this kind of behavior? We need to look well beyond just the soldier. Who was in charge? Was there a breakdown in command here?"